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Photograph Album, Oberlin Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lowell, Massachusetts
Early 1900s
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts
Photographs on paper, leather, metal, gold leaf
open: 2-1/8"h x 27-3/4"w x 17-1/4"d; open on cradle: 8"h x 24-1/2"w x 17-1/4"d; closed: 17-1/4"h x 13-1/2"w x 4-1/8"d
Gift of John Ruggiero
2016.039
Early 1900s
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts
Photographs on paper, leather, metal, gold leaf
open: 2-1/8"h x 27-3/4"w x 17-1/4"d; open on cradle: 8"h x 24-1/2"w x 17-1/4"d; closed: 17-1/4"h x 13-1/2"w x 4-1/8"d
Gift of John Ruggiero
2016.039
Brown leather cover with silver metal edges. Stamped in gold on front, "Oberlin Lodge / No. 28 / I.O.O.F. / Lowell, Mass". Black-and-white photographs of members inside. Names in pencil.
Gold letters on the face of this album declare its contents, “Oberlin Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lowell, Massachusetts.” This lodge received its charter from the I.O.O.F Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1843. Each page of this album holds four photographs, each likely provided by the members themselves.